... the angioedema in my ankle, a constant burning pain that feels like my leg was doused in gasoline and lit on fire, the hypersensitivity to touch and pain, a loss of temperature sensation, and numbness in some portions of the affected leg. The symptoms started literally the day after my ankle reconstruction. ... (7 replies)

... ng and it feels as if the tissues are being inflated and stretched like a balloon. I don't know if my description makes sense, but if you've ever consumed a lot of sodium and experienced the feeling of extreme fluid retention, that would be another way I would describe that particular sensation. ... (7 replies)

... athway since they all are governed at the same tract. it would depend upon just how far the compression actually goes. i would think you would be displaying some of the more common SCI type injuries that you would just see with an 'incomplte' spinal cord type injury. ... (20 replies)

... Hi Sammy, I know what you mean by doctors treating you like you're crazy or some kind of hyprochondriac. I was 19 when I had my car accident and was left with alot of permenant nerve damage. ... (20 replies)

... bluish in color, which I call "cold rsd" which happens to the majority of us. It can also appear on skin as very red, almost sunburn looking or deeper and the skin feels very hot, I call "hot rsd", which is a minority ofrsd'ers. ... (20 replies)

... Everyone is different when it comes to symptomsofRSD. What caught me is the red dots! I get those too all over my legs and feet. They look like small blood blisters most of the time. ... (4 replies)

... Glad I popped back in, the sweating...oh yeah.....I think almost all of us have sweating problems. Since I've been taking lyrica it has thankfully stopped the worst of it though as well as that nasty electrical zapping feeling. ... (20 replies)

... I just wanted to mention that while browsing some RSD sites a couple months ago, i came across a site that had pics of people with RSD and some of the more bizarre looking skin reactions.And YES I did see one pic that had the same lattice type configuration that you described. ... (4 replies)

... I am very happy with Duragesic because not only this medication controls the severe chronic pain ofRSD, it also controls the other symptomsofRSD. For example, the skin redness and hypersensitivity to touch are completely gone. The RSD pain is usually between 2 to 3 on a scale of 0 to 10. ... (6 replies)